About Belalu Village

Belalu is a large village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,608, made up of 2,294 males and 2,314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2792.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574240, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belalu village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Beltangadi
Pincode	574240
Area (hectares)	2792.42 hectares
Population	4,608
Male Population	2,294
Female Population	2,314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belalu compares

By the 2011 count Belalu is the 12th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 2792.42 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Belalu

Belalu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belalu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belalu from other places

Belalu lies about 14 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Narimogaru, about 21 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Belalu
Tehsil headquarters	Beltangadi	8.1 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	14 km
Nearest railway station	Narimogaru	21 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	24 km

Villages closest to Belalu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Beltangadi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Belalu

As per the Census of India 2011, Belalu village had a population of 4,608. That makes it the 12th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Belalu village has 2,294 males and 2,314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belalu has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Belalu is 574240. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belalu covers 2792.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belalu falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belalu is Narimogaru, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belalu.

Belalu is about 14 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belalu is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Beltangadi is about 8.1 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 14 km away. Narimogaru is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.